Mobile technology has revolutionized how the Point in Time Annual Count is conducted as regions move away from clipboards and paper. Simtech Solutions provides such technology to support regions with their annual census.

At our core, Simtech Solutions is a cause-driven technology services provider with a passion for developing new technologies, and enhancing the impact of existing ones, to help people experiencing homelessness. Examples of our work include:

The US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has tapped Simtech to help develop the reporting infrastructure that is used to quantify the extent of homelessness in this country while measuring the efficacy of the work being done to address the problem.

As developers of the Counting Us mobile app, Simtech is helping regions around the country automate their annual Point-in-Time homeless census. Not only does this save a tremendous amount of time and effort but the counts in regions across the US are now more accurate.

Over 3,100 projects that serve the homeless around the US rely on HomelessData.com to improve their understanding of the work they are doing and to meet the stringent HMIS reporting requirements of the US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD).

Architects of a technical framework that provides regions with a coordinated response for people experiencing homelessness (AKA "coordinated entry") while enabling the various non-profits to continue to use the software that best meets their operational needs. Unlike many coordinated entry systems, Simtech's framework also supports people living on the streets with the aid of mobile tech. More details can be found here.

Simtech's Counting Us mobile app, and the by name lists managed within our data warehouse, were both put to use in Houston and the Texas Balance of State CoCs in support of their disaster recovery response to hurricane Harvey.

The City of Detroit tasked Simtech with the development of tools to help improve their understanding of the projects that are making the most impact on their System Performance Measures (SPMs). The project-performance dashboards that were produced during this engagement are linked to here.

Please contact us if you would like to discuss how we might be able to assist your region to better serve those who are experiencing homelessness.